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Corporate entry Australian Geological Survey Organisation (AGSO) (1992 - )
Commonwealth of Australia
- From
- 13 August 1992
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia - Functions
- Earth Sciences, Surveying or Mapping and Advisory or Regulatory Body
- Website
- http://www.agso.gov.au/
- Reference No
- CA 7605
- Legal Status
- Agency of the Commonwealth of Australia
- Location
- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Summary
The Australian Geological Survey Organisation (AGSO) was first established in August 1992, when it took over the functions of the Bureau of Mineral Resources.
Related entries
Timeline
1946 - 1992 Bureau of Mineral Resources
1992 - Australian Geological Survey Organisation (AGSO)
Participates in
Published resources
Books
- O'Neil, Bernard, In Search of Mineral Wealth: the South Australian Geological Survey and Department of Mines to 1944, South Australian Department of Energy, Adelaide, 1982. Details
CD Roms
- O'Shea, P. J., Beneath Our Feet: Celebrating 150 Years of the Geological Survey of Victoria, Geological Survey of Victoria, Melbourne, 2003. Details
Conference Papers
- Dickinson, Ben, 'Contribution of the Geological and Geophysical Survey of Northern Australia', in D. F. Branagan; G. S. Gibbons and K. S. Williams (eds), Edgeworth David Day Symposium: Geological Mapping of Two Southern Continents: the Geological Mapping of Australia - From David to 1:50000; the Geology of Antarctica-Exploration to Exploitation?, Edgeworth David Society, Sydney, 1988, pp. 49-53. Details
Journal Articles
- Adrian, J., 'Charles Smith Wilkinson and the Geological Survey of New South Wales, 1875-1891', Geological Society of Australia, Earth Sciences History Group Newsletter, vol. 15, 1992, pp. 7-10. Details
- Darragh, Thomas A., 'The Geological Survey of Victoria Under Alfred Selwyn, 1852-1868', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 7, no. 1, 1987, pp. 1-25. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9870710001.htm. Details
- Murray, Cec, 'The Geological Survey of Queensland: 135 years of Achievement', Queensland Government Mining Journal, vol. 103, no. 1213, 2003, pp. 76-86. Details
Online Resources
- 'Primary description of agency CA 7605; Australian Geological Survey Organisation [AGSO]. Registration of entity: 30 September 1987', in RecordSearch, National Archives of Australia, 2000, http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/SearchOld.asp?Number=CA+7605. Details
- Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-609061. Details
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